Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-21

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but the shining eyes.
"Ifthey must go, I'll go with them" said
Philip.
.Don't want you. You'd Diet lost. -
How those words from Ray hurt, even
though Philip thought Clarence told the
little one to say them.
Hand in hand they went merrily out in
the great whirling whiteness. Sturdily
they bent against the wind, and in mo-
ment were hidden by the storm.
Miss Wilson started next. She very
nearly decided to return when she felt the
force of the wind It tore at her clothes
like fierce wild beast. She saw Clar-
ence's face at the window, and went on.
He and Ada were going now. "Clar-
ence," said Philip, 'for your little sisters
sake, for the sake of your mother, don't
90 out into this storm. It is right to be
afraid of some things"
1'm thankful I'm no coward, and nei-
ther is Ada. All ready, Ada?"
Amanda Robertson and her sisters were
anxious to go, too.
'Wait till the storm is over or your
folks come for you" urged Philip. "You
could not walk half way in this storm,
even if you did not get lost. Three miles
is long way, and this is regular biz
gard"
At last, they decided to follow his ad-
vice.
Philip found ball of cord left in one
of the desks since "kite time" He tied
one end around the door knob on the
outside, and started for the coal house,
unwinding the cord as he went. How
the wind blew, binding him with waves
and eddies of snow! With difficulty he
found the coal house. He fastened the
cord to the door, and took the bod of coal
to the school room quickly and safely,
following the line. In this way he filed
the coal box.
He found candles in the chest. They
served, with two or three lamps brought
in by the nearest neighbors, to light the
room for evening meetings. There we're
rude candlesticks made by mailing small
squares of board at right angles to longer
pieces with an auger hole near the top of
each, by which it was hung on nail in
the wall. Four nails, partly driven into
the top of the square piece, held the can
die between them
Night came early. Philip put lighted
candles into each of the windows. The
girls were restless. Little Susie began to
cry, and say she was hungry, and wanted
to 60 home. Philip told them stories.
They sang all the songs the girls knew.
Then they played school. Susie, as
teacher, had forgotten how hungry she
was, when wagon stopped at the door.
ooh, they've come for usp' cried Aman-
da. But no; it was Mr.. Lee, who came in
white with snow, carrying something
wrapped in a blanket-and Clarence
Kelly followed him with great difficulty.
"2Iou are a sensible boy" said Mr.. Lee
to Philip. 'We should never have found
the house but for those lights, and now I
see we were not going right to strike Ell
Their my house or Wilson's. Do what you
can for this poor child. My team is new
here, so I can't trust them to take me
home, but I must try to get there in
hurry, and see about my boys"
eff I can help, let me know" said Phil
ip. He had filled his dinner pail with
snow, and put Ada's hands into it. The
fingers were badly frozen. Mr.. Lee look
ed at him keenly as quickly and quietly
he brought snow to put around the little
girls frosted feet.
eff they are not at home, we may need
you," he said, and went out to his team.
Clarence yielded to Philips advice, and
finding he was about as badly frozen as
his sister, submitted to have his hands
and feet put in pals of snow. How they
ached! Ada cried softly. Clarence
groaned in spite of himself. How slowly
the time passed! Philip moved benches
together, and near the fire, wrapped in
their shawls, Amanda and her sisters went
to sleep.
81 was wrong, Philip" said Clarence,
at last.
"Never mind about that. Are you feel
ing better?'
To be concluded Next Week.